affecter

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English

Etymology

From affect +‎ -er.

Noun

affecter (plural affecters)

  1. A person who affects to know something or to be something.

Translations

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affectāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.fɛk.te/
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Verb

affecter

  1. (transitive) to feign, affect (an emotion, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to allocate (something), assign/post (someone) (à (“to”))
  3. (transitive) to affect, influence

Conjugation

Conjugation of affecter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affecter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affectant
/a.fɛk.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affecté
/a.fɛk.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present affecte
/a.fɛkt/ 		affectes
/a.fɛkt/ 		affecte
/a.fɛkt/ 		affectons
/a.fɛk.tɔ̃/ 		affectez
/a.fɛk.te/ 		affectent
/a.fɛkt/
imperfect affectais
/a.fɛk.tɛ/ 		affectais
/a.fɛk.tɛ/ 		affectait
/a.fɛk.tɛ/ 		affections
/a.fɛk.tjɔ̃/ 		affectiez
/a.fɛk.tje/ 		affectaient
/a.fɛk.tɛ/
past historic2 affectai
/a.fɛk.te/ 		affectas
/a.fɛk.ta/ 		affecta
/a.fɛk.ta/ 		affectâmes
/a.fɛk.tam/ 		affectâtes
/a.fɛk.tat/ 		affectèrent
/a.fɛk.tɛʁ/
future affecterai
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁe/ 		affecteras
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁa/ 		affectera
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁa/ 		affecterons
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		affecterez
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁe/ 		affecteront
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional affecterais
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ 		affecterais
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ 		affecterait
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ 		affecterions
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		affecteriez
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁje/ 		affecteraient
/a.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present affecte
/a.fɛkt/ 		affectes
/a.fɛkt/ 		affecte
/a.fɛkt/ 		affections
/a.fɛk.tjɔ̃/ 		affectiez
/a.fɛk.tje/ 		affectent
/a.fɛkt/
imperfect2 affectasse
/a.fɛk.tas/ 		affectasses
/a.fɛk.tas/ 		affectât
/a.fɛk.ta/ 		affectassions
/a.fɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		affectassiez
/a.fɛk.ta.sje/ 		affectassent
/a.fɛk.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — affecte
/a.fɛkt/ 		— affectons
/a.fɛk.tɔ̃/ 		affectez
/a.fɛk.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

affecter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of affectō
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